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pa href=”http://designforthefirstworld.com/the-competition/”Design for the First World: the rest saving the West/a/p

pI first thought this was a spoof but its a real competition with cash prizes and a fast approaching deadline of May 30th. Here’s a snippet about the competition followed by more details on their a href=”http://designforthefirstworld.com/the-competition/”website/a./p

blockquoteOur fellows in the first world often come to visit and give us their well intentioned but often very problematic “solutions”. We thought, why don’t we pay back? Dx1W is a competition for designers, artists, scientists, makers and thinkers in developing countries to provide solutions for First World problems./blockquote

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Dx1W has proclaimed 2010 International Year of the First World in Need, and has defined four main areas to address: strongFood Production and Eating Disorders/strong, strongAging Population and Low Birth rate/strong, strongImmigration and Integration to Society,/strong strongSustainability and Over consumption/strong./blockquote

pNote: Participants should be 13 years of age or older and a legal resident of a Developing country./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/business/_design_for_the_first_world_competition_16534.asp”(more…)/a
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